Jul 16 Justice Department won’t charge New York officer in Eric Garner’s death By Courtney Norris and Michael Balsamo, Michael R. Sisak, Colleen Long, Tom Hays, Associated Press Federal prosecutors said Tuesday that they won't bring criminal charges against a white New York City police officer in the 2014 chokehold death of Eric Garner, a black man whose dying words — "I can't breathe" — became a rallying… Continue reading
Jul 09 Watch 8:04 Why current court battle represents existential threat to Obamacare The Affordable Care Act is again facing a critical legal challenge, as a federal appeals court in New Orleans considers a lower court’s ruling that the law is unconstitutional. The Justice Department isn't defending the law, but Democratic lawmakers and… Continue watching
Jul 08 Justice Department seeks to halt lawsuit demanding Trump financial documents By Tami Abdollah, Associated Press The DOJ want to stop subpoena requests seeking Trump's business tax returns, and documents from Trump's D.C. and New York hotels, Mar-a-Lago Club and Trump Tower. Continue reading
Jun 10 Watch 5:25 News Wrap: Justice Department agrees to release some Mueller evidence In our Monday news wrap, House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler says the Justice Department has agreed to turn over some underlying evidence from the Mueller report. The move delays any House effort to hold Attorney General William Barr in criminal… Continue watching
Jun 10 Justice Department agrees to hand over Mueller evidence to House committee By Associated Press House Judiciary chairman Jerry Nadler says the Justice Department has agreed to provide underlying evidence from Mueller report. Continue reading
Jun 05 Watch 5:10 What the Mueller report says about Trump’s firing James Comey In the NewsHour’s week-long series analyzing the details of the Mueller report, we turn to its second volume, which deals with the question of whether President Trump committed obstruction of justice. Specifically, how does the special counsel view Trump's firing… Continue watching
Jun 04 Young people suing U.S. government over climate change get their day in court By Andrew Selsky, Associated Press The group of young people suing say U.S. energy policies are causing climate change and hurting their future. Continue reading
Jun 03 Watch 6:17 Inside the Mueller report, a sophisticated Russian interference campaign The 448-page Mueller report contains copious detail about how Russia interfered in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, both by using social media to influence American voters with misinformation and by hacking into the Clinton campaign’s computers. Russian operatives also connected… Continue watching
May 29 Watch 8:58 The ‘key points’ Robert Mueller made in his public appearance Special counsel Robert Mueller made it clear in his Wednesday statement that he wants his team’s lengthy report to speak for itself. NPR’s Carrie Johnson and former Justice Department official John Carlin join Judy Woodruff to revisit key sections of… Continue watching
May 22 Justice Department agrees to turn over some Mueller documents By Associated Press The Justice department offered to provide documents if the House intelligence committee agreed not to enforce a subpoena. Continue reading